Radio Week

Saturday Breakfast With Dermot

SATURDAY, 8AM, RADIO 2

‘If you thought 2016 was bad, I’m releasing an album in 2017.’ The self-deprecating singer James Blunt has been as good as his word, and will be on Dermot O’Leary’s show for a live session of tracks from his album The Afterlove.

The Craig Charles Funk And Soul Show

SATURDAY, 6PM, BBC 6 MUSIC

Jermaine, Tito, Jackie and Marlon of The Jacksons will be taking a break from their

50th anniversary tour to join Craig in the studio ahead of their Glastonbury Festival appearance.

A Place Of Greater Safety

SUNDAY, 4PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA

Hilary Mantel’s 1992 novel about the French Revolution is a brilliant page-turner, full of passion, politics and big characters. This threepart dramatisation gets a welcome repeat.

Radio 3 In Concert

MONDAY, 7.30PM, RADIO 3

Known affectionately by several nicknames – including the Mersey Funnel – Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral was consecrated 50 years ago. This concert, by the Liverpool Philharmonic, marks the anniversary.

The Twenty Year Stretch

TUESDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4

In Holland, a stolen painting can become the property of the thief if it hasn’t been restored to the previous owner after 20 years. In this clever drama, three conspirators meet up – 24 hours before a stolen Van Gogh’s return-by date – for the final part of their cunning plan.

The Full Works Concert

WEDNESDAY, 8PM, CLASSIC FM

If the rain holds off, put on some headphones, get outside and enjoy the lingering light with some summer solstice music, including Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coates’s Summer Days, Delius’s In A Summer Garden and Alfven’s Midsummer Vigil.

Chris Evans

FRIDAY, 6.30AM, RADIO 2

Chris Evans pitches up at Worthy Farm in Somerset for the start of this year’s Glastonbury Festival, and introduces live music from The Courteeners and a stripped-back performance from dance band Clean Bandit. There’s further coverage with the best brass band music from the West Holts stage at 11pm on Radio 3.